Section 68 IAC 24-4-14 - Knockdown proceduresAuthority: IC 4-33-22-12
Affected: IC 4-33-22
Sec. 14.
(a) A referee may declare a professional boxer down when: (1) a body part other than his or her feet is on the fighting area floor;(2) he or she is being held up by the fighting area ropes; or(3) he or she is hanging on, through, or over the fighting area ropes without the ability to protect himself or herself and cannot fall to the fighting area floor.(b) If a professional boxer is down by: (1) an accidental loss of footing, the professional boxer must arise instantly or be subject to a point deduction; or(2) a blow or weakness, the professional boxer must arise before the count of ten (10) or be subject to a loss by knockout.(c) When a knockdown occurs, the following procedure shall be implemented: (1) The referee shall first immediately require the standing professional boxer to retire to the furthest neutral corner of the fighting area, where the professional boxer must stay until the: (A) downed professional boxer has risen and the referee commences the round; or(B) referee has officially stopped the bout.(2) The timekeeper shall:(A) immediately arise and begin the count;(B) announce the seconds audibly as they elapse; and(C) signal the seconds physically by using his or her fingers.(3) Once the referee has ensured the standing professional boxer has retired to the furthest neutral corner of the fighting area, the referee shall turn to the timekeeper and commence the counting at the same count as the timekeeper.(4) Once the referee has commenced the counting at the same count as the timekeeper, the timekeeper shall cease counting.(5) The referee shall count to ten (10) and declare the bout stopped by knockout if the downed professional boxer does not arise by the end of the ten (10) count.(d) A professional boxer who: (1) refuses to immediately obey a referee's command to retire to a neutral corner; or(2) leaves the neutral corner before receiving a command to do so by the referee; may be issued a point deduction or be disqualified by the referee.(e) When a professional boxer is down from a legal blow or weakness, the professional boxer must take a minimum count of eight (8), whether or not the professional boxer has regained his or her feet before the count of eight (8) has been reached.(f) When a round ends before a professional boxer, who was knocked down during the progress of the round, arises: (1) the sound device shall not sound, and the count shall continue; and(2) if the professional boxer arises before the count of ten (10), the timekeeper must then signal the end the round using the sound device.(g) Should a professional boxer who is knocked down arise before the count of ten (10) is reached and again go back down immediately without being struck by his or her opponent, the referee must resume the count where he or she left off.(h) If a professional boxer has been knocked out of or has fallen out of the fighting area, the referee must declare the professional boxer down, the same as if the professional boxer were down on the fighting area floor, and commence a count to twenty (20). The professional boxer must:(1) return to a standing and ready position, unassisted by anyone, before the count elapses;(2) lose by knockout if he or she has failed to be on his or her feet in the fighting area before the expiration of the twenty (20) count; or(3) have points deducted or lose by disqualification, at the sole discretion of the referee, if he or she is assisted by anyone that causes an unfair advantage to the opponent.(i) No professional boxer shall leave the fighting area during the one (1) minute rest period between rounds.Indiana Gaming Commission; 68 IAC 24-4-14; filed Aug 28, 2012, 1:57 p.m.: 20120926-IR-068110385FRAReadopted filed 9/19/2018, 4:09 p.m.: 20181017-IR-068180283RFA